2019 ADAC 185/65 R15 Winter Tyre Test
This year the German motoring organisation ADAC have tested sixteen winter tyres in the popular 185/65 R15.
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This year the German motoring organisation ADAC have tested sixteen winter tyres in the popular 185/65 R15.
Highway terrain (HT) tyres are the best choice for an SUV or pickup that spends most of its life on the road, mud terrain (MT) tyres are the only real choice if you regularly drive in mud, and all terrain (AT) tyres sit...
With summer sadly coming to an end, now is a great time to start thinking about switching to all season or winter tyre options. To help this purchase decision, the excellent German publication Auto Bild publish the resul...
Earlier this year Auto Bild published their 2019 SUV all season tyre test, using an Audi Q3 wearing the popular 235/55 R19 all season tyre size. As usual, all seven tyre patterns were tested in the dry, wet and snow, and...
The excellent UK automotive magazine EVO always seems to publish their summer tyre test late in the season, but it shouldn't be ignored as it's one of the best in Europe if you care as much about steering feel and feedba...
For their 2019 summer tyre test, Auto Express have tested eight SUV tyres in the popular 235/50 R18 size.
The Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 used to be the very top of Goodyear's ultra high performance summer tyre range, but this year Goodyear have launched the Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport, SuperSport R and SuperSport RS. Th...
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Track day tyre tests are always a welcome read, as those of us who use our cars on track are often super switched on to the differences the tyres can make. This year AutoMail.Ru have tested four track day tyres in 225/45...
It's never a bad thing when a magazine goes to the effort of testing summer AND all season tyres in the same test, as it gives the motorist a good idea of the different balance of performances each tyre type has, so it's...
The Norwegian AutoMobile Federation (NAF) has tested seven summer tyre patterns in 205/55 R16, and included a premium winter tyre for comparison. The winter tyre performed surprisingly well during the wet braking testing...
The Swedish news paper Aftonbladet have tested thirteen 205/55 R16 touring summer tyres using a VW Passat. Sadly the data is a little lacking in this test, but as the driving was done by the experts at Test World, you ca...
The ACE / GTU tyre test is always a funny one, as they go to a lot of effort to test the tyres, but then provide no data at all, only the overview scores. For this reason, we always keep the commentary low, but it's impo...
Finnish magazine Moottori have recently compared eight 205/55 R16 tyre patterns that sit in the midrange price category! While midrange tyres are cheaper than their premium rivals, they're not the cheapest tyres availabl...
Auto Bild's second summer tyre test of 2019 has tested eleven 245/45 R18 tyre patterns using a BMW 5 Series. This tyre and vehicle combination isn't an often tested setup, and has yielded some interesting results! The Pi...
As the new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 is now available for purchase, I've tested it against the much loved, previous generation Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3, and a leading competitor, the Continental PremiumContact...
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